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  • Baron's emphasis on Florence was meant to counterbalance the ˜northern™ perspective of scholars such as Max Weber, Werner Sombart, and Baron's own mentor Ernst Troeltsch who, in their different ways, linked Protestantism and capitalism and saw the soul-searching subjectivity of Calvinist inspiration as a decisive moment in the genesis of modern individualism.

    Civic Humanism Moulakis, Athanasios 2007

  • Beginning with Freud's unraveling of dreams as symbolic structures of consciousness and conscience, psychohistorians would have to go further by introducing comparative historical perspectives, as offered by sociologists such as Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss, and Louis Dumont.

    Psyche-History Gittleman, Jerome 1973

  • Curious that men with such great wealth refused to enjoy it, the German social scientist Max Weber concluded that they became capitalists not so that they could enrich themselves, but because they felt a responsibility to manage society—to be superpatriarchs.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • It was an idea broached by the German sociologist Max Weber 1864-1920 but pursued with vigor by Trevor-Roper.

    A Very English Controversialist Norman Stone 2011

  • Before Mr. Gates's departure, Mr. Ballmer studied German sociologist Max Weber, who wrote about how organizations handle the disappearance of "charismatic leaders" in the hopes of finding a way to preserve Mr. Gates's role of technology visionary inside the company.

    Disney, Walton, Ford, Gates: Tales of When Legends Leave Joe Light 2011

  • The great 19th and early 20th century German sociologist Max Weber.

    William Bradley: The Return of Jerry Brown William Bradley 2011

  • The great 19th and early 20th century German sociologist Max Weber.

    William Bradley: The Return of Jerry Brown William Bradley 2011

  • It is the modern incarnation of Max Weber's famous 19th-century argument that modern bureaucracies, after a history of coercion and concessions to market actors, would somehow transition into rights-granting entities for all.

    Javier Corrales: Brazil's Recognition of Same-Sex Unions Javier Corrales 2011

  • The great 19th and early 20th century German sociologist Max Weber.

    William Bradley: The Return of Jerry Brown William Bradley 2011

  • The great 19th and early 20th century German sociologist Max Weber.

    William Bradley: The Return of Jerry Brown William Bradley 2011

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